Microsoft Teams (Ultra Student)

What is Microsoft Teams?

Microsoft Teams is an online collaboration platform. It enables group members to co-author documents, utilise apps, have both individual and group chats, schedule meetings, as well as use audio or video communication features.

Does my course use Microsoft Teams?

All courses at UQ have an MS Teams site (called a course Team site). The use of MS Teams for Teaching and Learning is at the discretion of Course Coordinators. Your Course Coordinator will inform you if your course uses MS Teams.

Getting started with Teams

• Access your course Team site
• Notifications in Teams
• Filter your activity feed by Microsoft
• Clear your Microsoft Teams cache by the University of Vermont

Channels in Teams

• Course Team site channels
• Channel visibility in your course Team site
• Standard channels in your course Team site
• Private channels in your course Team site 
• Microsoft Lists to assign group work tasks

Communication in Teams

• Create and format a post by Microsoft
• Get attention with @mentions by Microsoft
• Save a post or a message by Microsoft
• Start and pin chats by Microsoft
• Make calls by Microsoft
• Hide chats and delete messages by Microsoft
• Group chat for collaboration in Teams

Documents in Teams

• Files in Teams
• Create and share files
• Co-editing documents in Teams
• Upload and share files by Microsoft
• Find and filter files by Microsoft

Working with Teams on the mobile app

• Start a chat on the go by Microsoft
• Join a meeting on the go by Microsoft
• Activity feed on the go by Microsoft
• Manage notifications on the go by Microsoft